Glove for baseball or softball

ABSTRACT

A glove for baseball or softball according to the present invention includes back leather ( 1 ) having five finger portions ( 29 ), ball receiving leather ( 2 ) having five finger portions ( 29 ) to be sewed together or/and adhesively joined with back leather ( 1 ), and upper surface leather ( 3 ) sewed to back leather ( 1 ) to form a hand inserting portion. The length (L 2 ) of ball receiving leather ( 2 ) in the direction in which the finger portion of ball receiving leather ( 2 ) extends is in the range from 95% to 100% of the length (L 1 ) of back leather ( 1 ) in the direction in which the finger portion of back leather ( 1 ) extends.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a glove for baseball or softball havinga novel configuration.

BACKGROUND ART

A conventional glove for baseball or softball (hereinafter simply as“glove”) is formed as follows. First, ball receiving leather 16 havingfive approximately finger-shaped portions as shown in FIG. 7C, and backleather 15 having a plurality of leather parts sewed together to formfive finger stalls as shown in FIG. 7A are prepared. Their peripheriesare sewed except for the part to insert a hand such that both grainsides form the inside. Then, it is turned inside out so that the grainsides come outside and the front member is thus formed.

Then, the periphery of palm leather 18 as shown in FIG. 7D having asmaller size than the front member and five approximately finger-shapedportions and rear leather 17 as shown in FIG. 7B having a plurality ofleather parts sewed to form five finger stalls are sewed together exceptfor the part to insert a hand such that also both grain sides form theinside. This forms the back member.

At various necessary points of the front member, a padding of felt andother shock absorbers are inserted, wax is applied, or the member isimpregnated with oil. Then, the back member is inserted into the frontmember, and then the hand inserting portions of the front and backmembers are combined with a leather lace 75 as shown in FIG. 6.

Then, a separately formed web portion (ball receiving portion) 19 isattached between the thumb stall and the index finger stall also withleather laces 75, and the baseball glove is completed.

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the middle finger stall. As shown inFIG. 8, the back member formed of palm leather 18 and rear leather 17 isinserted into the front member formed of ball receiving leather 16 andback leather 15. A finger padding 20 is sewed to palm leather 18.

As described above, it requires a lot of work to manufacture theconventional glove.

In particular, the operation of turning inside out ball receivingleather 16 and back leather 15 having their peripheries sewed togetherexcluding the hand inserting portion such that the grain sides comeoutside is not only cumbersome and requires force but also encountersthe following problem.

More specifically, by simply turning inside out ball receiving leather16 and back leather 15 having their peripheries sewed together, thethread is exposed, which spoils the appearance of the product.Furthermore, the tip end of the glove could contact with the ground whenthe user catches a grounder, so that the thread touches the ground aswell and could be cut.

Therefore, a band type leather lace 76 is held and sewed between ballreceiving leather 16 and back leather 15 or between other leather parts(see FIGS. 6 and 8). Thus, if ball receiving leather 16 and back leather15 are sewed and then turned inside out, the thread would hardly comeout. As a result, the appearance is improved, and since the thread doesnot directly touch the ground, it would not be cut.

However, ball receiving leather 16 and back leather 15 must be sewedtogether while holding thin, band shaped leather lace 76 therebetween,which requires a lot of work as well as skill.

Furthermore, when ball receiving leather 16 and back leather 15 areturned inside out, deformation (expansion) of leather at respectiveinter-finger parts 77 is maximized, and therefore significant force isimposed on these parts.

The vicinity of inter-finger parts 77 is positioned close to the centerof the glove and is frequently hit with a ball. As a result, the threadat the part is liable to be cut or the leather at the part is likely tobe damaged and tear by repeatedly catching a ball.

Furthermore, the glove is mainly formed of four leather parts, i.e.,ball receiving leather 16, back leather 15, palm leather 18 and rearleather 17 as shown in FIGS. 7A to 7D. A padding of felt for example anda shock absorber of other material are inserted within these leatherparts. Since a web part is also attached to them, the glove as a wholewould be significantly heavy.

If the glove has the above structure, it is difficult to reduce theamount of leather to reduce the weight. Therefore, there is no way otherthan to reduce the amount of the padding of felt or the like or theshock absorber to be inserted in order to reduce the weight of theglove. When the reduction of impact is considered, however, the shockabsorber cannot be reduced very much.

Furthermore, in the process of joining the hand inserting portions ofthe front member and the back member using leather lace 75, the lacemust be passed through a number of times, which requires significantforce and a very cumbersome operation.

Therefore, the inventors have made the invention as disclosed byJapanese Patent Laying-Open No. 10-165558 in order to solve theabove-described disadvantage associated with the conventional glove.

This invention however still has the following problem. In thedisclosure of this invention, the back leather is cut to be slightlylarger than the ball receiving leather, but about how much the backleather should be larger than the ball receiving leather is not clearlystated. As a result, at the time of manufacturing such a glove asdisclosed by the document, the size of each part should be set by theeye.

However, when the inventors actually fabricated such gloves as they setthe sizes of the back leather and front leather by the eye, a desiredarc shape was obtained on the ball receiving side of the gloves in somecases and was not in other cases.

Thus, the inventors studied for the reason into detail, and learned thatslight difference in the sizes of the back leather and front leathercould affect the shape of the glove on the ball receiving side. When adesired arc shape is not obtained, not only the performance of the glovebut also the yield could be lowered, and therefore it is very importantto find out the relation between the sizes of the back leather and theball receiving leather in the manufacture of gloves.

In addition, the glove according to the above invention, no shockabsorber is employed excluding the part from the thumb portion to thelittle finger portion through the vicinity of the periphery of the palmportion (the bank portion). Therefore, the impact at the time ofcatching a ball is directly transmitted to the fingers, and the fingersare sometimes hurt during repetition of ball catching exercise forhours.

Moreover, the shock absorber from the thumb portion via the vicinity ofthe periphery of the palm portion to the little finger portion is heldbetween notches formed at the ball receiving leather. The process ofproviding the notches or cutting the leather to cover the shock absorberinto a form corresponding to the notches involves a relativelycumbersome operation.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

The present invention is directed to a solution to the above-describedproblems. One object of the present invention is to allow the same arcshape to be always formed on the ball receiving side of a glove bydefining the size ratio of the back leather and ball receiving leatherwhile maintaining the effects brought about by the invention disclosedby Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 10-165558 as is. Another object ofthe present invention is to provide a glove with an increased shockreducing effect at the time of catching a ball without the necessity ofincreasing the number of operations in the manufacturing step inaddition to the above content.

The glove (ball catching implement) according to the present inventionincludes back leather having a first finger portion, ball receivingleather having a second finger portion attached to first finger portion,and upper surface leather sewed to back leather for forming a handinserting portion. The length (L2) of ball receiving leather in thedirection in which second finger portion extends (the direction parallelto the lengthwise direction of the second finger part) is in the rangefrom 95% to 100% of the length (L1) of back leather in the direction inwhich the first finger portion extends.

Since the relation between the sizes of the back leather and ballreceiving leather significantly affects the performance and yield of theglove, the inventors earnestly studied about the relation of the sizesof the back leather and ball receiving leather, and successfullyestablished a preferable ratio of the sizes. More specifically, bysetting the length (L2) of ball receiving leather in the direction inwhich second finger portion extends to be 95% to 100% of the length (L1)of back leather in the direction in which first finger portion extends,a desired arc shape can be stably formed on the ball receiving side.Thus, a high performance glove can be stably obtained and the yield canbe greatly improved. Since the glove is basically finished by sewingtogether or/and adhesively joining back leather having upper surfaceleather sewed thereto and ball receiving leather, the operation ofturning inside out the back leather and the ball receiving leather aftersewing is not necessary. In addition, the number of parts is reduced,the amount of leather to use can be reduced, and the glove can belightweight and easy to manufacture.

The first and second finger parts described above include an indexfinger portion (index finger stall forming part). The lengths (L1 andL2) of ball receiving leather and back leather are lengths both in thedirection in which index finger portion extends.

The length (L2) of ball receiving leather is preferably in the rangefrom 96% to 98% of the length (L1) of back leather. More preferably, thelength (L2) is 97% of length (L1).

By setting length (L2) in the range of percentage described aboverelative to (L1), a desired arc shape can be surely formed on the ballreceiving side. If the above numerical values are fixed, a glove havinga curvature almost fixed at the ball receiving surface can be obtainedreadily and with high reproducibility.

Back leather and ball receiving leather preferably have a palm portion(a portion corresponding to a ball receiving surface). The length (L11)of first finger portion is preferably the same as the length (L21) ofsecond finger portion, and the length (L22) of palm portion of ballreceiving leather in the direction in which second finger portionextends is set smaller than the length (L12) of palm portion of backleather in the direction in which first finger portion extends.

The inventors have found that by setting only the length (L22) of palmportion of ball receiving leather smaller than the length (L12) of palmportion of back leather in the direction in which first finger portionextends, a desired arc shape can be formed on the ball receiving side.In addition, each finger portion of the glove can be formed into anapproximately linear shape and only the ball receiving portion of theglove can be formed to have an arc shape. Thus, a glove having an idealshape for catching a ball can be provided.

First and second finger parts each include five finger portions. Thewidth (W1) of back leather in the direction in which first fingerportion is arranged is preferably approximately the same as the width(W2) of ball receiving leather in the direction in which second fingerportion is arranged.

This can also contribute to making the shape of the glove ideal.

The surface of ball receiving leather is preferably provided with araised portion (embossed portion). A shock absorber is filled within therecess at the back of the raised portion.

In this case, when a ball is caught, the ball first hits the raised partof embossed portion filled with shock absorber, the impact of the ballis absorbed and the impact upon the fingers is reduced. Therefore, ifthe glove is used for exercise for hours, the fingers will be less hurtby repetition of exercise for catching a ball. The impact of a ballitself at the time of catching the ball is reduced, so that the chanceof dropping the ball is reduced as well.

Raised portion is preferably formed by embossing.

Thus, raised portion can be readily formed and shock absorber is simplyfilled within the recessed portion formed by embossing, which reducesthe necessary work in the manufacture.

A pad member is preferably provided between shock absorber and backleather.

Shock absorber can be thus secured at ball receiving leather, so thatball receiving leather and back leather can be more readily sewedtogether or/and adhesively joined. If a hard material is used for padmember, the finger portions can be prevented from being bent toward thebackside by the pressure given by a caught ball.

One such raised portion as described above is provided at at least oneposition of second finger portion and a palm periphery vicinity portion.

Thus, not only impact upon the ball receiving portion of a glove butalso impact upon the finger portions of the glove can be reduced.

Shock absorber described above includes at least one kind of materialselected from a group consisting of sponge, felt, an air bag, siliconbouncing putty, polyurethane elastomer, silicon gel, and polynorbornane.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a view of a glove according to one embodiment of the presentinvention seen from the side of the ball receiving leather;

FIG. 2 is a view the ball receiving leather of the glove shown in FIG. 1seen from the backside;

FIGS. 3A to 3C are views of parts of the glove shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the finger portions of the gloveshown in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 5A and 5B are illustrations showing the ratio of the sizes of theback leather and ball receiving leather;

FIG. 6 is a view of a conventional glove seen from the side of the ballreceiving leather;

FIGS. 7A to 7D are views of parts of a conventional glove; and

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of a middle finger portion of aconventional glove.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a view of a glove according to the present invention seen fromthe side of the ball receiving leather, FIG. 2 is a view of the ballreceiving leather forming the glove seen from the backside, FIGS. 3A to3C are views showing parts forming the glove, FIG. 4 is a crosssectional view of the finger portions of a finished glove, and FIGS. 5Aand 5B are illustrations showing the ratio of the sizes of the backleather and ball receiving leather.

As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3C, back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2are cut so that five approximately finger-shaped portions (fingerportions) are formed.

Back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2 are symmetrically cut sothat the grain side comes to the front when they are sewed together(FIGS. 3A and 3C are views both seen from the grain side).

As shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B, ball receiving leather 2 is cut to besmaller than back leather 1 only by 5% or less in the direction (in thedirection in which the index finger portion extends) parallel to thelengthwise direction of an index finger stall forming portion (indexfinger portion) 221.

More specifically, the length L2 of ball receiving leather 2 parallel tothe lengthwise direction of index finger stall forming portion 221 issmaller than the length L1 of back leather 1 parallel to the lengthwisedirection of index finger stall forming portion 221 only by 5% or less.More specifically, length L2 described above is at least 95% of andsmaller than 100% of length L1.

Length L2 may be equal to length L1. In this case, ball receivingleather 2 and back leather 1 are sewed together or/and adhesively joinedand then should be subjected to post-working such as deformation into anarc shape by heat.

Meanwhile, if the ratio of length L2 relative to L1 is less than 95%, itis difficult to join ball receiving leather 2 and back leather 1 andball receiving leather 2 and back leather 1 are too rounded to catch aball after they are joined.

As in the foregoing, the above ratio is preferably in the range from 96%to 98%, most preferably 97%.

Furthermore, the respective finger stall portions (finger portions) 29of ball receiving leather 2 and back leather 1 may be formed to have thesame size, and only the to the ball receiving surface correspondingportion 27 of ball receiving leather 2 may be cut to be smaller than theball receiving surface corresponding portion 27 of back leather 1 in thedirection parallel to the lengthwise direction of index finger stallforming piece 221.

Herein, finger stall corresponding portion 29 refers to each fingerstall forming piece from inter-finger portion 28 to the tip end of thefinger, and ball receiving surface corresponding portion 27 refers tothe palm portion excluding finger stall corresponding portion 29.

More specifically, referring to FIG. 5, the lengths L21 and L11 offinger stall corresponding portion 29 are the same, while the length L22of the ball receiving surface corresponding portion 27 of ball receivingleather 2 is set in the range from 95% to 100% of the length L12 of theball receiving surface corresponding portion 27 of back leather 1. Thus,length L2 parallel to the lengthwise direction of the index finger stallforming piece 221 of ball receiving leather 2 is set in the range from95% to 100% (preferably from 96% to 98%, more preferably 97%) of lengthL1 parallel to the lengthwise direction of the index finger stallforming piece 221 of back leather 1.

Thus, when back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2 are sewedtogether or/and adhesively joined such that the ball receiving surfaceside attains an arc shape, finger stall corresponding portion 29 may beformed into an approximately linear shape, and only ball receivingsurface corresponding portion 27 is formed into an arc shape. As aresult, a glove having an ideal form for catching a ball can beprovided.

Note that in FIGS. 5A and 5B, the relation between the lengths L1 and L2of the portions through the index finger portions of back leather 1 andball receiving leather 2 are shown, the above concept may be applied tothe relation between the lengths of parts through other finger portions.In such a case, the same effects can be expected. Furthermore, the aboverelation needs only be established for the lengths of portions passingthrough at least one finger portion.

Meanwhile, the width of ball receiving leather 2 in the direction inwhich the finger portions are arranged is set approximately the same asthat of back leather 1. More specifically, in connection with FIG. 5,the transverse length (width) W2 in ball receiving leather 2 in thedirection perpendicular to the lengthwise direction of index fingerstall forming piece 221 is set approximately the same as the transverselength (width) W1 in back leather 1 in the direction perpendicular tothe lengthwise direction of index finger stall forming piece 221.

Back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2 having the above-describedstructure are sewed together or/and adhesively joined so that the ballreceiving surface side has an arc shape to manufacture a glove, and aglove ideal for catching a ball can be provided as a result.

Back leather 1 cut as described above is sewed with upper surfaceleather 3 for forming a hand inserting portion as shown in FIG. 3B.Upper surface leather 3 is not a single piece of leather, but formed ofseparate parts for respective fingers sewed together. This is to form athree-dimensional space to let in fingers, and the way of separatinginto parts is not limited to the manner shown in FIG. 3B.

FIG. 2 is a view of ball receiving leather 2 shown in FIG. 3C seen fromthe backside.

In ball receiving leather 2 in FIG. 2, after a material is cut (in thestate in FIG. 3C), embossing is conducted.

In FIG. 2, embossed portion 4 formed by the embossing is provided in thelengthwise direction of all the finger portions and in the vicinity ofpalm periphery 26. The shape, number and size of embossed portions 4 arenot limited to those according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2. Morespecifically, such embossed portion 4 may be provided only at anarbitrary finger portion among the finger portions, or whether or not toprovide embossed portion 4 in the vicinity of palm periphery 26 is alsoarbitrarily determined.

Embossed portion 4 is continuously provided for almost the entire regionin the lengthwise direction of finger portions in FIG. 2, but theinvention is not limited to this arrangement. More specifically,embossing may be performed only at an approximate center of the fingerportions, only at an upper part, or only at a lower part. Two embossedportions 4 may be formed above and below, or three or more divisionalembossed portions may be provided.

Embossed portion 4 provided in the vicinity of palm periphery 26 iscontinuous with thumb portion 21 and not continuous with little fingerportion 25 in FIG. 2. The portion is thus discontinuous at little fingerportion 25 for the following reason. A good glove is believed to flexand be folded into two so that a received ball will not drop. Thediscontinued part is provided at the above position so that on the lineof flexing there is no embossed portion 4 which could prevent the glovefrom flexing.

It is understood that this does not prevent embossed portion 4 providedat thumb portion 21 from being discontinuous with embossed portion 4provided in the vicinity of palm periphery portion 26, or embossedportion 4 provided at little finger portion 25 from being continuouswith embossed portion 4 provided in the vicinity of palm peripheryportion 26.

FIG. 2 is a view of ball receiving leather 2 from the backside, andembossed portion 4 is represented as a recessed portion. A shockabsorber 5 is filled in the recessed side of embossed portion 4.

As shock absorber 5, at least one kind of material selected from sponge,felt, an air bag, silicon bouncing putty, polyurethane elastomer,silicon gel, polynorbornane and the like may be used.

Embossed portion 4 can be readily formed by embossing. The operation offilling shock absorber 5 into the recessed side of embossed portion 4 isvery easy.

More specifically, such a notch and a leather portion corresponding tothe size of the notch as disclosed by Japanese Patent Laying-Open No.10-165558 are not necessary for the ball receiving leather when a shockabsorber is provided.

After shock absorber 5 is filled, a pad member 6 may be sewed or/andadhesively attached. In FIG. 2, pad member 6 attached to index fingerportion 22 is secured to ball receiving leather 2 through a sewedportion 81.

Thus, shock absorber 5 filled within embossed portion 4 can be securedin the recessed portion.

Furthermore, if a hard material is used as pad member 6, the fingerportions are less likely to be bent toward the backside by the pressuregiven by a caught ball. Leather, plastics, a metallic plate or the likemay be used as the hard material.

Note that pad member 6 may be provided not only at index finger portion22 but also at each finger portion. The finger portion to provide withthe pad member may be arbitrarily selected.

Ball receiving leather 2 having embossed portion 4 filled with shockabsorber 5 is sewed together with or/and adhesively joined with backleather 1, and a web portion 7 is provided between thumb portion 21 andindex finger portion 22 to form a glove.

If pad member 6 is sewed or/and adhesively joined after shock absorber 5is filled, shock absorber 5 is fixed and does not move, sewing or/andadhesive joining with back leather 1 will be easier.

Back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2 are sewed together oradhesively joined as they are set to provide an arc shape on the side ofthe ball receiving surface. Both sewing and adhesive joining may beemployed.

As described above, when ball receiving leather 2 is cut to be smallerthan back leather 1, the side of ball receiving surface of the glovenaturally takes an arc shape at the time of sewing together or/andadhesively joining them, which makes it easy to set the glove into adesired shape. After this operation, each finger portion gradually risesupwardly on the side of the ball receiving surface, so that the ballreceiving surface portion will take a shape including a curved surfaceas if a small recess is formed in the vicinity of the center of the ballreceiving surface portion.

FIG. 1 is a view of the glove manufactured in the above manner seen fromthe side of ball receiving leather 2.

Embossed portion 4 filled with shock absorber 5 looks raised viewed fromthe side of ball receiving leather 2. When a ball is caught, the ballfirst hits the raised portion of embossed portion 4 filled with shockabsorber 5. Thus, the impact of the ball is absorbed by the portion andit is weakened upon the fingers inserted in the glove. As a result, thefingers are less hurt by the repetition of ball catching movement usingthe glove during exercise for hours. In addition, the impact of the ballitself at the time of catching is weakened, the percentage of droppingthe ball is reduced.

FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view of the finger portions shown in FIG. 1.The upper side of the figure represents the side of ball receivingleather 2, and the lower side represents the side of back leather 1.

Shock absorber 5 is filled in embossed ball receiving leather 2. Shockabsorber 5 is covered with pad member 6 and then secured by pad member 6sewed to ball receiving leather 2 through sewed portion 81.

Upper surface leather 3 is sewed to back leather 1 sewed (or may beadhesively attached as well) to ball receiving leather 2 through a sewedportion 82. These upper surface leather 3 and back leather 1 form aspace to insert fingers.

Pad member 6 is provided at any of index finger portion 22, middlefinger portion 23, and third finger portion 24 in the glove shown inFIG. 1.

The use of a hard material for pad member 6 allows the finger portionsto be less bent toward the backside by the pressure imposed by a caughtball, and the impact of a ball hit thereupon may be transmittedthroughout pad member 6 in a scattered manner, so that the impact uponthe fingers can be even further reduced.

When back leather 1 and ball receiving leather 2 are sewed togetheror/and adhesively joined to form the glove as shown in FIG. 1, a paddingof felt or the like may be inserted, or wax for shock absorption may beapplied between them, or they may be impregnated with oil similarly tothe conventional cases.

An arbitrary shape other than the shape shown in FIG. 1 may be employedfor the shape of web portion 7.

Leather lace 72 is used to couple thumb portion 21, web portion 7 andindex finger portion 22, and index finger portion 22, middle fingerportion 23, third finger portion 24 and little finger portion 25similarly to the conventional cases.

Pad leather 73 is attached to the edge from thumb portion 21 via thevicinity of palm periphery portion 26 to little finger portion 25. Thus,the edge portion of the joined part of back leather 1 and ball receivingleather 2 is hidden, so that the appearance of the glove is not spoiled.

Furthermore, although not shown, when pad leather 73 is provided also atthe upper end of index finger portion 22, middle finger portion 23 andthird finger portion 24, small stones or sand will not fill within thetip end of each finger portion if the tip end of each finger portiontouches the ground at the time of catching a ball, which improves thedurability of the glove.

The recessed portion extending from thumb portion 21 to little fingerportion 25 via the vicinity of palm periphery 26 and formed by embossedportion 4 filled with shock absorber 5 directs a ball toward the centerof the glove, and also serves to alleviate the impact of the ball.

Furthermore, the raised portion catches the ball and functions toprevent the ball from being dropped from the glove.

Industrial Applicability

The present invention may be effectively applied to gloves for baseballor softball.

What is claimed is:
 1. A glove for baseball or softball, comprising: aback leather (1) having a first finger portion (29), a ball receivingleather (2) attached to said back leather (1) and having a second fingerportion (29), and an upper surface leather (3) sewed to said backleather (1) to form a hand inserting portion, wherein the length (L2) ofsaid ball receiving leather (2) in the direction in which said secondfinger portion extends is in the range from 95% to 98% of the length(L1)of said back leather (1) in the direction in which said first fingerportion extends.
 2. The glove for baseball or softball according toclaim 1, wherein said first and second finger portions include an indexfinger portion, the lengths of said ball receiving leather and said backleather are both a length in the direction in which said index fingerportion extends.
 3. The glove for baseball or softball according toclaim 1, wherein the length of said ball receiving leather is in therange from 96% to 98% of the length of said back leather.
 4. The glovefor baseball or softball according to claim 1, wherein the length ofsaid ball receiving leather is 97% of the length of said back leather.5. The glove for baseball or softball according to claim 1, wherein saidback leather and ball receiving leather each have a palm portion, thelength of said first finger portion is the same as the length of saidsecond finger portion, the length of said palm portion at said ballreceiving leather in the direction in which said second finger portionextends is smaller than the length of the palm portion at said backleather in the direction in which said first finger portion extends. 6.The glove for baseball or softball according to claim 1, wherein saidfirst and second finger portions each include five finger portions, thewidth of said back leather in the direction in which said first fingerportions are arranged and the width of said ball receiving leather inthe direction in which said second finger portions are arranged areapproximately the same.
 7. The glove for baseball or softball accordingto claim 1, wherein the surface of said ball receiving leather (2) isprovided with a raised portion (4) and a recessed part located on thebackside of said raised portion (4), said recessed part being filledwith a shock absorber (5).
 8. The glove for baseball or softballaccording to claim 7, wherein said raised portion is formed byembossing.
 9. The glove for baseball or softball according to claim 7,wherein a pad member is provided between said shock absorber and backleather.
 10. The glove for baseball or softball according to claim 7,wherein said ball receiving leather (2) has a palm portion (27), andsaid raised portion is provided at least one position of said secondfinger portion (29) and said palm portion (26).
 11. The glove forbaseball or softball according to claim 7, wherein said shock absorberincludes at least one kind of material selected from a group consistingof sponge, felt, an air bag, silicon bouncing putty, polyurethaneelastomer, silicon gel, and polynorbornane.